Harry Payne is hugged by Jean Davies, left, and Mary K. Curtis as he arrived on East Fifth Street on Monday to leave flower for his slain friend Logan Turner who was gunned down early Sunday morning with seven other victims. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

It is not fine that Monica Storey Brickhouse and Beatrice ‘Nicole’ Warren-Curtis will never get to hang out again.

It is not fine that Logan Turner will not get to see his old high school football friends, or that Sudanese community members from around the state had to came to Dayton to comfort Saeed Saleh’s family.

It is not fine that Nicholas Cumer will not be able to serve cancer patients through the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance.

It is senseless. It is horrible. It is disgusting. It is not fine.

It is not fine that I have seen cops, bouncers, reporters and waitresses break down in tears.

It is not fine that blood stained a Dayton street or that cell phones, shoes and purses were lost as the innocent people jumped over fences and ran out of doors for their safety.

It is not fine that a place of joy is now a place in mourning.

It is not fine that this is becoming just fine, just normal.

It is not fine that this will happen again in some other town.

We will all act as if we are shocked.

But we’ll be lying again.

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